Queensland's Supreme Court begins a trial into allegations made by Clive Palmer's Chinese partners who accuse him of taking their money to fund his political campaign, in a case in which both sides are being described as using 'the nuclear option'....

Dumped Queensland MP, Bruce Flegg, has told the ABC the Liberal National Party has lost confidence in Premier Campbell Newman and did not believe he'd retain his seat in next year's state election.
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Today is one year since the coalition government claimed victory with a 3.6 per cent two-party swing to determine the members of the 44th Parliament of Australia. A year on, what is the promise report card like? Luckily the ABC Fact Checking Unit has been running the ruler. Paul Kelly assesses the ...